Only yesterday, the World Wildlife Fund made is public news that, according to one of their latest estimates, roughly 18,704 tonnes of live bluefin tuna were traded via Panama between 2000 and 2010. This was done without the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ever hearing a word ab... |
1 November 2012
04:34 GMT |
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The fact that several international debates revolve around fish stocks and sustainable fishing is no news.
Therefore, it needs not come as such a big surprise that Scotland is now determined to get Iceland to cut down on the amounts of mackerel its fishing boats take out of the water, supposedly because the latter&... |
4 September 2012
03:33 GMT |
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A District Court in Manhattan recently decided that three men found guilty of illegally fishing for lobster in the waters around South Africa's coastline, and selling their catch on the American market need pay a penalty of $54.9 million (€44.24 million / ₤34.85 million).
This money is to be given to the ... |
22 August 2012
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As far as most people are concerned, seafood can be labeled as either wild or farmed, depending on where it grew and what happened to it before it hit the local markets.
However, it now seems that a third labeling possibility might soon be introduced: hybrid seafood. In spite of this misleading name, we are not dea... |
7 August 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Being the largest international group aimed at safeguarding aquatic natural habitats and closely monitoring fishing activities carried out in international waters, Oceana has long argued that seafood fraud is a problem which needs to be addressed by authorities and high officials as soon as possible.
The organizat... |
28 July 2012
06:40 GMT |
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The Truro Crown Court in the UK decided just yesterday that a Spanish fishing company is to pay ₤1,62 million (approximately €2 million/$2,5 million) for having violated the current legislation regarding fishing activities. Thus, between 2009 and 2010, two of the company's vessels, the Coyo Tercero and t... |
27 July 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Just recently, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization released a report clearly stating that 30% of our planet’s present marine fish stocks are over-exploited, and that illegal fishing activities play a major part in this being so.
Moreover, 50% of the remainder are exploited at their fullest, so the overall figu... |
9 July 2012
10:46 GMT |
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